Comparison

ColorSelf vs Make Coloring Book

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

ColorSelf

Transform your photos into vibrant coloring pages. This free app offers a fun and therapeutic coloring experience for all ages, allowing you to color existing images or new photos with various tools.

Highlights
  • Color your own photos
  • Free coloring book therapy
  • Easy tap-to-color functionality
  • Multiple brush and color options
  • Upload custom drawings
  • Suitable for all ages
Features
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The famous coloring book now for your own photos! For FREE! Have fun with the best coloring game for your photos. Start now your free coloring book therapy on your mobile. Awesome features: - Easy to color: simply choose your palette and tap to color. Choose from brushes, gradient colors, and harmonious colors! -Upload any of your drawings -Take a photo and put color on it at the moment - Coloring for the whole family: Designed for adults, it can also be used by kids, children and girls!

About

Make Coloring Book

Unleash your creativity with a paint-by-number coloring experience. Transform your own photos or selfies into vibrant artwork, choosing from a vast library of images and customizable color palettes. Enjoy a relaxing and intuitive way to de-stress and create.

Highlights
  • Color photos from camera roll
  • Color your selfie
  • Variety of coloring pages
  • Updated image collection
  • Select game level
  • Select color set
  • Offline and online play
Features
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This is coloring puzzle game for everyone. - Get an amazing coloring experience with pictures from your camera roll - Color your selfie - Check great variety of coloring pages from many categories - Explore updated collection of new images for you to color - Select game level: less numbers, intermediate, more numbers to color - Select color set to apply: pastel, clear, bright - Share with friends on instagram, picsart and snapchat - Enjoy intuitive design and smooth performance - Enhance your peripheral vision - Create command for Siri to resume a game - Use short actions from home screen - Add last game to widgets - Play offline and online. No stress of picking up colors. Just relax and enjoy. Install now.

Screenshots

ColorSelf4 screens
Make Coloring Book4 screens

Verdict

The call

ColorSelf and Make Coloring Book both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 60% of Make Coloring Book's written reviews are positive against 33% of ColorSelf's. ColorSelf's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs monthly) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.8). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. ColorSelf sells 10 one-off in-app purchases and Make Coloring Book sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for ColorSelf against 4.4 for Make Coloring Book. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 137 and 187 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 33% of ColorSelf's written reviews are positive against 60% of Make Coloring Book's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ColorSelf ships an update fortnightly, Make Coloring Book monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ColorSelf versus Make Coloring Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorSelfMake Coloring Book
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (137 ratings) — better4.4 (187 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews60.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings137187 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.8
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCristian Cendon MarquezYuri Nesh

Customer experience

ColorSelf

All ratings137 ratings
Positive80.3%
Neutral8.0%
Negative11.7%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative50.0%

Make Coloring Book

All ratings186 ratings
Positive81.2%
Neutral11.8%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews40 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative25.0%

Bugs and requests

ColorSelf

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Make Coloring Book

Reported bugs

6 issues
  • Pictures are blurry or pixelated when using own photos
  • Scattered white pixels on completed pictures
  • Difficulty maneuvering and clicking on areas to color
  • Cannot zoom in on pictures
  • App is slow to open or does not open
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  • White pixels ruin finished pictures

Requested features

7 requests
  • Improve quality of own photo coloring
  • Allow more than 140 colors for better clarity
  • Make it easier to select areas to color
  • Improve zooming functionality
  • Fix scattered white pixels on completed images
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  • Allow posting artwork for likes/hearts
  • Don't require constant button presses for coloring

In-app purchases

10 purchases

ColorSelf

One-time10
  • Basic Palette I$0.99
  • Lima$0.99
  • Apricot$0.99
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  • Nut$0.99
  • Kiwi$0.99
  • Surf$0.99
  • Pop Art II$0.99
  • Orchid$0.99
  • Everest$0.99
  • PREMIUM$1.99
4 purchases

Make Coloring Book

One-time4
  • 100 coins$0.99
  • 250 coins$1.99
  • 400 coins$2.99
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  • 1000 coins$6.99

Questions

Is ColorSelf free?
ColorSelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Make Coloring Book free?
Make Coloring Book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ColorSelf or Make Coloring Book?
ColorSelf is rated higher. ColorSelf averages 4.4 out of 5 from 137 ratings, while Make Coloring Book averages 4.4 from 187 ratings.
Do ColorSelf or Make Coloring Book have ads?
Neither ColorSelf nor Make Coloring Book shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ColorSelf or Make Coloring Book?
ColorSelf ships an update fortnightly, and Make Coloring Book monthly. Most recently, ColorSelf was updated on October 30, 2026 and Make Coloring Book on October 24, 2026.

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